PGL will host CSGO’s first pandemic-hit major in Sweden after a span of two years. After a long stint of trial and tribulation, the event organizers were finally able to organize the much-anticipated Counter Strike Major in the capital of Sweden.
PGL on Twitter have revealed the schedule for their upcoming Counter Strike: Global Offensive Major to be held in Stockholm, Sweden. The $2,000,000 tournament will be played from October 26 onwards till November 7 and will feature the top 24 teams who made it from the regional RMR (Regional Major Ranking) events. According to the schedule, every stage of the major will be played over the course of four days each, Challengers, Legends, and the Champions. Ticket sales for the event opened at the end of September.
The Challengers and Legends stages will see teams engage in the fashionable swiss format where the initial and mid matchups would be none other than the Best of 1 series while either the qualification or elimination would depend upon an outcome from that of a Best of 3 tiebreakers. The above two stages would be played without an audience at the Annexet sports venue and would further head over to the Avicii Arena for the Big stage Champions event. The latter stage would follow a single elimination bracket towards the Grand Finals.
3. Elimination/Qualification would depend upon a BO3
Simultaneously teams from Europe and North America are yet to populate the Challengers and Legends tables as the Regional Major Rankings are still underway while we speak about the schedule of the forthcoming Marquee event except the CIS region, which have already listed Natus Vincere, Gambit Esports, and Team Spirit, the first two directly receiving the Legends status while the latter joins BIG Clan from Europe in the Challengers Stage.
At the moment, Team Liquid are the only team from North America to have grabbed the Legends status.
The Challengers Stage consists of a total of 16 teams, 8 from Europe, 3 from the CIS region, 2 from North America, and one each from the Oceanic, Chinese, and South American regions. As said above, with the RMR events being still played, six more teams will join BIG Clan and Team Spirit while the rest eight teams will need to battle out at the Contenders to earn a spot at the former.
For now, 16 teams have been confirmed at the major and the list is as follows:
Natus Vincere (L)
Gambit Esports (L)
Team Liquid(L)
Astralis
Heroic
Spirit
Virtus.pro
Sharks Esports
L = Already confirmed in the Legends Stage according to standings at the RMR events.
G2 Esports
FURIA
Team Vitality
NiP
BIG Clan
Mousesports
Entropiq
Renegades
Eight teams from the Challengers would then move onto the Champions event, to be played from November 7-11 in front of a live audience at the Avicii arena, where a single elimination bracket would decide their fate towards the Major trophy alongside a lion’s share of $1,000,000 from the whooping prize pool.
Champions Stage (Top 8 teams from the Legends Stage): From November 7-11
Esports Premier League is one of the leading tournaments in India for the mobile gaming community. This massive Free Fire tournament provides an opportunity to the professionals and amateurs alike to present their skills on a big platform. This franchised tournament is returning next year on a bigger scale.
Free Fire has attained the status of being a full fledged esports title in India with a sustainable tournament season throughout the year and several third-party tournaments provide more opportunities for the players.
ESPL is the first Free Fire franchised tournament in the world and it is going to continue in a similar fashion for the next season. The upcoming edition of ESPL 2022 will be an open-for-all event with a larger prize pool at stake.
ESPL follows a IPL-styled franchise format and plans to do so in the future as well. The teams represent multiple cities and might represent brands as well. According to Dot Esports, the first iteration was like a trial run for ESPL and following a huge hype, a company has bought Hyderabad Hydras in a “multicrore deal.” The consortium is known by the name of Chequered Flag Sports.
India Today, the organizers of Esports Premier League are currently in the process of selling rest of the franchises. This means that the upcoming event is going to scale multiple times larger than the ESPL 2021 edition.
According to Vishwalok Nath, the director of ESPL, the tournament will share huge similarities with IPL and will have a similar kind of player auction. The tournament will be shifted from open qualifiers to a bidding show where team owners will bid for players they want.
The upcoming season will have the same format as last season but these changes could be implemented in the future. Looking at their successful track, ESPL is set to become one of the biggest, if not the biggest Free Fire event in India.
Although Monster Hunter Rise has been out for the Nintendo Switch for a while, the game will be available on Steam on January 12, 2022. Additionally, Both PC and Switch owners of the game will be getting the Sunbreak DLC in Summer 2022.
IGN has also shared 9-minute PC gameplay footage that was showcased during TGS 2021.
Monster Hunter Rise PC Features and System Requirements
Monster Hunter Rise will be equipped with PC exclusive features such as 4K Resolution, high-quality textures, ultrawide monitor support, unlocked framerates, and HDR.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
1080p/30fps when graphics settings are set to “Low”
OS: Windows 10 （64-bit）
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-4130 or Core™ i5-3470 or AMD FX™-6100
After more than a year of missing in action due to the Coronavirus pandemic, The International is finally back for its 10th rendition and is perhaps the most hyped one.
Fans were eagerly waiting since the last The International in 2019 which ended in August 2019. But it was a rather unusual start as the opening day games have been delayed by more than an hour.
Fans tuned in to watch the cast at the announced time but due to technical issues, the games could not be started at the said time.
Earlier this week it was announced that The International 10 would be held without a crowd and all the tickets had been refunded. This wasn’t received well by the fans as they had already traveled and booked hotels which couldn’t be refunded on such short notice.
The games were able to start after nearly two hours of the announced time with OG playing Alliance. The games are now live on DotA 2’s official YouTube channel.
The Call of Duty Warzone Update 1.43 is out now. This Season 6 update has brought a lot of new weapons, changes, and bug fixes. Let’s check out the new COD Warzone Update 1.43 patch notes.
The Season Six Battle Pass is complete with 100 Tiers that include two free functional Weapons, a new Operator, new Weapon Blueprints, new Operator Skins, and a whole lot more.
Below are some of the items included in the Season Six Battle Pass:
Tier 1
“Disintegration” Legendary Sticker
Tier 5
“Scrub Brush” Legendary Milano 821 (BOCW) Blueprint
Tier 9
“Saint Death” Legendary Emblem
Tier 15
.410 Ironhide (BOCW) Weapon Unlock
Tier 21
“Final Chapter” Legendary Handgun Charlie (BOCW) Blueprint
Read here for the full details on the Season Six Battle Pass.
The Haunting
Return to the Call of Duty blog on October 18 for more intel about the upcoming Halloween celebration across Warzone and Black Ops Cold War.
Scopes and Scatterguns, The Rebirth Of…!
Get up close and personal… deal death from afar… spend a lifetime reloading between bolts… the choice is yours! Scopes and Scatterguns return to Warzone – with a new twist.
Here’s what you can look forward to:
Rebirth Resurgence
This mode builds upon a map and ruleset combination that we already all know and love – Rebirth Resurgence!
Limited Loot
The loot table will only include Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, and Crossbows. Aim true, Operator.
No Loadouts
No free Loadouts Drops and no purchasable Loadout in the Buy Station either! Players will have to up their scavenging game and win with what they find!
New Starting Weapon
The 1911 (BOCW) isn’t exactly a Shotgun… so Players will spawn in with the thematic Marshal (BOCW) instead.
This returning mode will go live during the second week of Season Six on October 14th. Keep an eye on our Twitter for weekly Playlist updates!
New Points of Interest
Fissures
Explosive charges have triggered a devastating seismic event in Verdansk, forming massive cracks right through Stadium and Downtown.
Bunkers
Make your way through this system of passageways and armament rooms, find high value loot, and ascend back to the surface before anyone else does.
New Gulag, inspired by the Original
Look familiar? We thought so. Same rules. Slightly different arena.
Loot across Verdansk has been adjusted as follows…
The .410 Ironhide (BOCW) and Grav (BOCW) have been added
New Gulag loadouts
New ground and Supply Box loot
Plunder respawn behavior has been updated to provide Players with more dynamic infiltrations.
The RC-XD Killstreak has been removed from all modes until further notice.
Fixed a UI issue causing the Tempered Perk to display incorrectly during Plunder matches.
Fixed a visual issue causing the C58 (BOCW) ejection port to not open during the firing animation.
Fixed additional collision issues with various elements across Verdansk allowing Players to exploit/peek/shoot through them.
Fixed an issue causing a conflict between the audio of Red Doors and Supply Boxes.
Fixed an issue causing Operator Bios and the “Set as Favorite” UI option to not appear when using a gamepad.
Fixed an issue causing Seasonal Challenges to remain grayed-out while scrolling through the menu.
Fixed an issue with the Krig 6 (BOCW) that would cause noticeable camera tilt while firing.
Fixed an issue causing the Pelington 703 (BOCW) default reticle to appear misaligned.
Fixed an issue causing the QBZ-83 (BOCW) to hitch when firing.
Fixed an issue causing the Sniper Rifle Charlie (BOCW) default reticle to appear misaligned.
Fixed an issue causing the TEC-9 (BOCW) hipfire reticle to not match the appropriate firing mode.
Fixed an issue causing unintended bullet collision on the rear end of Payload Cargo Trucks.
Fixed an issue with the firing audio on the “Turbo Powered” Bullfrog (BOCW) Blueprint.
Fixed several issues related to the reload animations for both the Sniper Rifle Charlie (BOCW) and OTs 9 (BOCW).
Fixed various issues that would result in Players experiencing either Dev Error 5476 or Dev Error 5573.
Fixed various issues with Stitch’s subtitles while near Red Doors.
Regiments
Regiments are now frozen to ensure a smooth transition over to the new Clan-based system, coming later this year.
Players will now only be able to view their Regiment Roster and inspect other Players.
Players will no longer be able to create, manage, switch or invite others, use Regiment Tags, or receive Happy Hour rewards.
Loot Cards
The visual style of all loot cards has been updated!
In addition to this change, we’ve added information about the fire type of a Weapon to each loot card.
This will allow Players to observe if a Weapon is automatic, semi-automatic, or burst before committing to it, without having to fire test shots or lose their next engagement.
Killfeed (Time On Screen)
Added an option under the Accessibility menu to customize the amount of time that messages in the Killfeed stay on screen. This option is intended to support Hard of Vision, Hard of Hearing, and Cognitive Overload accessibility.
The setting has 5 options:
Off: Never show updates
Default: Updates show for 10 seconds
Medium: Updates show for 20 seconds
Long: Updates show for 30 seconds
Extended: Updates show for 60 seconds
Note: This will not affect the duration of disconnect notifications.
Mono Audio
Added an option under the Audio menu to adjust the degree to which the Mono Audio is applied when enabled.
The setting is adjusted via a slider:
A higher value merges sounds and sends them through left and right speakers in similar proportions.
A lower value reduces the applied effect and preserves directional sound.
New Weapons (BOCW)
.410 Ironhide: Shotgun (Launch)
Lever-action shotgun. High damage at close range with an improved fire rate. Reliable 2-shot kill with a short 1-shot kill range.
Obtain the Rattler Shotgun for free and ready to use in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone at Tier 15 of the Season Six Battle Pass.
Grav: Assault Rifle (Launch)
Full-auto assault rifle. Fast firing rifle with improved range. Fastest bullet velocity in class with modest damage and moderate recoil.
Obtain the Grav Assault Rifle for free and ready to use in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone at Tier 31 of the Season Six Battle Pass.
Battle Axe: Melee (Launch)
Two-handed melee Weapon. Double bit axe with a straight wooden handle for powerful swings. Fell your foes and use them as kindling.
Obtain the Battle Axe for free and ready to use in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone via in-game challenge or Store Bundle.
LAPA: Submachine Gun (In-Season)
Full-auto submachine gun. Lightweight prototype with reliable damage and good firing control. Improved handling and range with a slower fire rate..
Obtain via reward during The Haunting Event or via Blueprint in the Store.
Hammer & Sickle (In-Season)
Dual wield melee. A powerful union between industrial and agricultural tools. Demonstrate the strength of labor with deadly melee attacks at close-range.
Obtain via unlock Challenge or via Blueprint in the Store.
New Unlock Challenge Missions (BOCW)
EM2: Assault Rifle
Using Assault Rifles, rapidly kill 2 or more players in 15 different completed matches.
TEC-9: Submachine Gun
Using SMGs, get 2 Headshot kills in 15 different completed matches.
Weapon Changes
We are pleased with the level of Weapon variety we are seeing across Verdansk. However, we still feel there are some persistent outliers that could stand to be addressed. Outlined below are a few deceptively impactful changes to assist in further widening the pool of viable Weapons.
» Assault Rifles «
C58 (BOCW)
Recoil increased
EM2 (BOCW)
Recoil increased
» Light Machine Guns «
MG 82 (BOCW)
Gun Kick increased
Recoil increased
Reload interrupt time increased
Raise interrupt time increased
Light Machine Gun Alpha (BOCW)
Gun Kick increased
Recoil increased
Attachment Changes
» Lasers «
Tiger Team Spotlight
Movement Speed multiplier decreased from 3.2% to 3%
ADS Movement Speed multiplier decreased from 3.2% to 3%
» Magazines «
OTs 9 (BOCW)
Spetsnaz 40 Rnd
ADS Speed multiplier decreased from .85 to .835
Reload Time decreased from 2.6 to 2.7 seconds
Reload Empty Time decreased from 3 to 3.1 seconds
VDV 40 Rnd Fast Mag
ADS Speed multiplier decreased from .8 to .78
Reload Time decreased from 1.93 to 2.11 seconds
Reload Empty Time decreased from 2.23 to 2.32 seconds
New Operators
» Alex Mason: NATO (Launch) «
Get access to Mason for use in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone at Tier 0 in the Season Six Battle Pass and unlock an additional Ultra-Rarity Operator Skin at Tier 100.
» Fuze: Warsaw Pact (In-Season) «
Get access to Fuze as part of upcoming Season Six Store Bundle offerings, to be detailed at a later date.
» Sgt. Arthur Kingsley (Available Now) «
Digitally pre-order any edition of Call of Duty: Vanguard before its launch date on November 5th to receive Arthur Kingsley of the British Army’s 9th Parachute Battalion for immediate use in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone.
Season Six offers four additional Prestiges to achieve across the first 200 levels, as well as a new Weapon Blueprint:
Level 50
New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, Weapon Blueprint, and Battle Pass Tier Skip
Level 100
New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, and Battle Pass Tier Skip
Level 150
New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, and Battle Pass Tier Skip
This Bundle includes the first Weapon Blueprint for the new Battle Axe (BOCW) Melee Weapon — the menacing “Barbarian’s Axe.” This Bundle also comes with a devastating “Executioner” Finishing Move, three cosmetic items for your profile and Weaponry, and a Tier Skip for the Battle Pass.
» Tracer Pack: Fuze Operator Bundle «
New Operator “Fuze” will also find his way to the Store during Season Six’s launch week, arriving less than a week out from The Haunting.
This includes two Skins, two Weapon Blueprints, an Animated Calling Card and Emblem, and the “Can Opener” Weapon Charm.
Pick this one up in the Store, and see how this retro-looking Shotgun Weapon Blueprint electrifies the undead masses to kingdom come.
» The Tagger vs Big Joke Ultimate Pack «
This includes two Legendary Operator Outfits: the clown-faced “Sad Face” for Garcia and the graffiti-inspired “Sign Painter” for Wolf. Five Weapon Blueprints are included – four of which are ranged Legendary Weapons – as well as a variety of cosmetic items. To top it all off, you’ll also get 5,000 COD Points, which can be spent on a Bundle, Battle Pass, or in-game gifts to friends.
The Season Six update will have a download size of approximately 31 GB for those who own the free-to-play console version of Warzone and are currently on the latest updates.
NA Superpowers, Team Liquid and FURIA have confirmed their spots at the PGL Major in Stockholm. Team Liquid have already confirmed their spot as Legends, while the remaining 2 Legends spots are still up for grabs. It is more than likely that FURIA too will go to Stockholm as Legends, but it isn’t confirmed just yet except the fact that they will surely go to the Major.
Both the teams have had a flawless run at IEM Fall: NA till now, winning all 4 of their games and thus confirming qualification for playoffs. Liquid will play Extra Salt in their final game while FURIA play EG.
The remaining 3 spots – 1 Legend,1 Challenger and 1 Contender Spot will be up for grabs come the final day. 00Nation haven’t had any wins at IEM Fall and despite having 1300 RMR points, they will more than likely not make it to the Major as they cannot make playoffs anymore.
GODSENT are in prime position to qualify for playoffs as they already have 3 wins out of 4, and they are up against Triumph in their last game. A win there would secure GODSENT and FURIA for playoffs but should they lose, Group B will be blown wide open as 2 teams will have 3 wins out of 5. If EG also beat FURIA then there will be a 3-way tie for second place and MR3 OT tiebreakers will take place.
EXTREMUM,the ex-100Thieves roster have 1880 RMR points and can make it to the Major easily even if GODSENT surpasses them in RMR points. It would take a lot of upsets to put EXTREMUM out of contention for the PGL Major.
The final games will be played tomorrow with the semi-finals and 5th place decider on Saturday and Sunday with the Grand Final on Monday (as per IST).
This makes it a total of 16 teams out of 24 that have qualified for the Major, they are
In a rather odd and unexpected affair, Evil Geniuses were awarded a free win after Triumph forfeited their game due to not being able to field an eligible roster. Triumph could not field their full roster as Jack ‘xCeeD’ Holiman was sleeping when the game was supposed to be played. Triumph could not use a substitute as they had already been using ‘viz’ in place of ‘bwills’ as a stand-in and Valve doesn’t allow more than 1 substitute for Valve sponsored events.
EG were more than happy to take the win as it set them up for a 2-1r record in their group. But they lost to GODSENT later in the evening and currently sit at 2-2 after 4 games played.
Triumph could have sealed a spot at the Major had they played EG, and their chances were high as EG have 0 wins on it in the last 6 months, and it is Triumph’s best map. Now their chances have dwindled greatly and they’re no longer in control of their fate even if they win their last game.
Fans and analysts alike were worried about something happening to ‘xCeed’ but it turned out to be nothing except lazy and unprofessional behaviour and received flak from almost everyone.
Triumph did win their next game versus 00Nation and currently have a 2-2 record. Had they played EG and won their chances of making it to the Major would have increased manifold, let’s hope it doesn’t demotivate them and they continue their good performances for the remainder of IEM Fall NA.
Garena Free Fire announced the commencement of two regional championships for the Asia and the EMEA regions. The best teams from each region will be competing in the Free Fire Asia Championship 2021 and EMEA Invitational 2021 from November 2021. The events will be taking place online after the upcoming world series got cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
FFAC 2021 and EMEA Invitational 2021 will be the last big event for each region where teams from Asia and EMEA have the chance to compete for regional titles, continuing Garena’s efforts to engage fans with competitive and professional esports content. The FFAC 2021 will boast a massive prize pool of $400,000 USD which will be distributed among the top teams from the Asia region.
The Asia Championship 2021 will feature 31 teams across seven regions from Asia, while the EMEA Invitational will feature 12 teams across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The event will be held in two-phase for both the regions – Play ins and Finals.
FFAC 2021
Play-ins – 20 November – 21 November
Finals – 28 November
Participating Regions
India
Indonesia
Malaysia, Cambodia, Philippines (MCP)
Pakistan
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
EMEA Invitational 2021
Play-ins – 20 November – 21 November
Finals – 27 November
Participating Regions
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Europe
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
For the Group Stage and Preliminaries, teams will battle over six rounds across three maps: Bermuda, Purgatory, and Kalahari, with points awarded based on round ranking and number of kills. The Finals will see teams compete across seven rounds, with the last map being a random pick.
The 10th iteration of the “The International” will return to the European zone in Bucharest, Romania after a span of 11 years with Germany being the last venue to ever have hosted an International in 2011. Known as the “TI”, the latter had been an annual event until it was called off in 2020 amid the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic which forced every Esports initiative to transition to an online format.
We are roughly 12 hours away from the Group Stage of the Ti10 to commence with Dota2 having revealed the Groups earlier today on their blog website. The list of Eighteen teams have been divided into two groups, A and B, as each of them would battle out in a round-robin format. The top four teams from each group will be placed into the winner-bracket of the main event while the teams ending up in the 5th-8th position would enter the lower bracket of the same. The bottom-placed team would ultimately leave the contention.
Here are the two groups determined by Valve:
Group A
Alliance
Evil Geniuses
Invictus Gaming
OG
T1
Team Aster
Team Undying
Thunder Predator
Virtus.pro
Group B
beastcoast
Elephant
Fnatic
PSG.LSD
Quincy Crew
SG Esports
Team Secret
Team Spirit
Vici Gaming
Defending Champions OG will face off Alliance in their opener, this time with two new members Syed Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan and Martin “Saksa” Sazdov after Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka and Anatham “ana” Pham hung up there with the former shortly after winning Ti9 while the ana in June 2021. OG have been seeded in Group A along with their counterparts EG provided the fact that there has been some history between them both and would indeed be a fun match to spectate as SumaiL takes over his former teammates.
The opening matchups have been determined by the game developers and are as follows. As per the round-robin format, every team of either group would play more than 1 game on the same day.
Group A match-ups
October 7, 12:30 PM IST
EG Vs Team Aster
Invictus Gaming Vs T1
Virtus.pro Vs Team Undying
OG Vs Alliance
Group B match-ups
October 7, 14:30 PM IST
Team Secret Vs Team Spirit
PSG.LGD Vs Quincy Crew
Elephant vs beastoast
VG Vs Fnatic
Group A Round 2
Invictus Gaming Vs Team Undying
OG Vs TNC Predator
Virtus.pro Vs Alliance
EG Vs T1
Group B Round 2
PSG.LGD Vs Team Spirit
Elephant Vs Team Fnatic
VG Vs SG Esports4. Team Secret Vs beastcoast
Group A Round 3
EG Vs Invictus Gaming
Virtus.pro Vs OG
Team Aster Vs Team Undying
Alliance Vs TNC Predator
Earlier this week Valve issued a refund against the ticket sales citing a recent spike of COVID-19 cases in Bucharest, Romania as they were forced to move ahead with a crowd-less tournament and decided to accommodate just the players, talent, and either staff members.
The Group stage will run from October 7-10 followed by the main event, scheduled to be played from the dates 12-17.
The popular streaming service, Twitch was the victim of a data breach that was leaked on 4chan. Reddit and Twitter users who went through the leaked torrent found confidential data from August 2019 to October 2021, including streamer revenue, passwords, source code for the Twitch website and apps, SDKs, and other Amazon services.
What’s interesting here is that Amazon was supposedly working on an “unreleased Steam competitor” called Vapor, and another related project, “Vapeworld”.
We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is available. Thank you for bearing with us.
Multiple streamers have now confirmed the leak, stating that most data, including the payouts, are almost entirely accurate. While Twitch has also acknowledged it, stating that they “are working with urgency to understand the extent of this.”
The leaker claims that the 125GB leak is just “part one”, and suggests that more data is expected to leak sometime in the future.
With this data breach, all Twitch users are encouraged to take caution and change their passwords and enable 2FA to secure their accounts.
https://t.co/7vTDeRA9vt got leaked. Like, the entire website; Source code with comments for the website and various console/phone versions, refrences to an unreleased steam competitor, payouts, encrypted passwords that kinda thing. Might wana change your passwords.
